Type-writing machine.



PATENTED MAR.10, 1903. 1". A. YOUNG. TYPE WRITING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED TAIL/26, 1904;

INVENTDR= WITNEEEEE;

TTEIRNEY HIE v 4 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK a. YOUNG, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE MONARCH TYPEWRITER 1;

COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. v

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed-January as, 1904. "Serial No. 190,668.

-State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Ty 0-- Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification. 1

- My invention relates to improvements in the. t e actions of typewritmg machines, especia y those visiblewriting machines which are known as front-strike machines, the general object of the invention bein to prevent the type bars from rebounding w lien they return to their normal positions, and a further and special object being to rovide anti-rebounding means for the type are of machines containing type bar hangers which Is from a common hanger-support.

The invention .consists of various features of construction, combinations, and arran e- .ments of parts, all to be hereinafter fu y described and particularly pointed out in the ap ended claims.

' n the. accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals designate 'ke parts in different views, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, showing portions of the frame and mechanism of a front-strike .typewriting machine embodying m invention, the section being taken contra y'and longitudinally of the machine; Fig. 2, a side elewation on an enlarged scale of a type bar hanger, a fragment of a type bar pivoted theretd'a locking device and a fragment of'an actuating Fig. 3, an edge view of the loc "device and cross section of the type bar, viewed in the direction indicated byth'e arrow 2'; d Fig. 4, a perspective of thedocking dev1ce..

. Although no and detachable-typ bar hangers? are secured, itis to be understood that the invention is applicable to machines of other styles, and

especially to type actions whose type bars are pivoted to a common supporter rod instead of to se arate hangers.

The frame 0 the machine represented by the drawings is composedof a base 1, the

common corner posts 2, and two other similar posts, and the top late 3 secured on these corner posts, the si es ofthe base invention is shown applied- .-faces of eac to a front. st emachine containing a segmental type bar support to which-separate platen 5 is indicated ,by thecircle which, ap ears above the top plate 3.

Patentedhlarch' 1c, 1908.

. united by across bar 4.- The position of. the

. he key'levers 6, carrying attheir front 7 ends finger keys 7, bear at theirrear ends against a'fulcrum, suchfor example as the the sides of the base 1.

tact wit a padiO-afiixed to t e cross bar. 4-,

fixed cross bar 11 and bearing against the lower. edges of the keylevers. A sub-lever 12 issecured to each key lever by a pivot 13,

there being at the lower end of each sublever a'slot-14 in which is a rod 15 which extends from side to side of the which it is supported at its ends.

,In' front of the'upper'ends of the sub-levers 12 is a segmental type bar support 16, which is similar inform tov the type bar segment of base, by.

rod 8, which may be attached at its ends to Each key lever isnormall held byv a restoring spring!) inconthese restoring springs being fastened to a the machine known as the Monarch, the front and rear faces or edges of this segmental support being preferably parallel to a vertical prlane tangent to the front of the platen, and in out ofand behind said plane respectively.

This segment may be movable vertically on fixed guides to. shift the system of type bars for. u per or lower case printing, or, if 7 referre the platen may be shifted when it is desired to use upper or lower case'charac ters. Mechanism for shifting the 1sfystemof type, bars and mechanism for sh' ting the platen being well known, it is unnecessary tov ere describe shifting mechanism for either pur e. The su rtori segment 16 has its ront portion a series of slots 17, -wh1ch extend from its up er or concave face 18 to its. I

.lower or convex ace, the concaveface being a cylindrical surface whose axis passes throu h,

or near the rinting point on the platen. v

lislot 17 areon o posite sides of a plane containing and radiating from the axis of the surface 18. A type bar rest, composed of a segmental support 19, and a pa'd20 secured. on the concave face thereof, is'afiixed to 3 I an arm 21 and another similar arm which are rigidly attachedto the segmentflfi near 1ts lens.

Although the ype'bars of tfiie actions. embodying this invention may stantially the segment 16, it 'is' not regarded necessary to show other means by which the.

va by other meansthan separate hangers on 'sub-:

, similar segment.

' stood.

From the description of the type actions herein shown, and which include separatetype bar hangers, the prin-' slopes from top to bottom towards the front of the stem as appears by Fig. 2.

26, formed by the bottom ofthe head and back of the stem, is a right angle.

The angle The stems of the hangers fit snugly in the slots 17 of the segment 16, and when the hangers are proper y secured to the segment the backs of the stems and the lower edges of the ,heads are in I contact respectively with the ends of the slots and the concave surface 18 of the seg ment', the heads extending nearly across the segment. Each hanger is fastened to the segment by a screw 27 which is screwed into a threadedhole in the front of the segment and against the rear edge 25 ofthe notch 24;

so that the sides of'the angle 26 are. forced and held tightly against the segment. The heads of the han er's form sockets for the type bars, which t closely between flat surfaces'within theheads, each type bar 28 being ivoted to its ,han er'by' a ivot 29 exten 1n through both 0 reeks of t 1e head and the type bar, whose end is indicated throu v by a ottedline in Fig. 2. On the-front of each head is formed a-catch 30, the front edges of the cheeks of the head being curved above-the catch, as a pears at 31, to form a guide for the'locking evice o r latch.

In each of the typebars is a recess 32, whose edge 33 is evenwith the face of the catch when the type baris in its normal position.- The locking device or latch 34 is pivoted by a pin 35 130 the type bar, This atch, which extends'on opposite sides of and across the type bar, has at its lower end a device 36to engage the catch 30, and forms at its other end cars 37 which extend beyond the adjacentedge of the type bar. 'It preferably consists of a single strip of sheet metal bent parallel to itself, as appears by Figs. 3 and 4, the bent part 38, when the latch is secured to the type bar and engages the catch 30, being close to but not in contact with the edge 33 of the recess 32 in the type bar.- The latch is movable on the axis of its pivot 35.

from the osition shown Fi' .'1 'to that shown in igu2, and when'it is 1n the latter position the bent'part 38 is in Contact with the ed e 33 of the recess 32. This latch is also a key. actuated lever, operative on the type bar to swing it to its-printing position, under the action-on this lever of the key lever and other mechanism connected therewith, as'

will be hereinafter described.

An actuating link 39 is pivoted at its rear Y be actuated by it.

is drawn backward by the sub-lever.

tion the forward action of the link 39 on the latch immediately forces the engaging device- ;36 of the latch under the catch 30 on the end by a pin 40 to the upper end of each of the sub-levers 12, and each of these links is pivoted by a Jin-41 to and between the cars 37 of the late or lever 34 of the type bar to Coil springs, like the spring 42, are attached to the type bars and to hooks or pins fastened to thetype bar rest, the functions of these springs being to aid in restoring the type bars to their normal positions,

The several. parts of the type action described are shown in their normal positions in Fig. 1. When. a key is depressed the key lever. carries downward the sub-lever 12 mounted thereon, and as the sub-lever dcscends its upper end is moved backward in consequence of the action of the u per edge of the slot 14 on the rod 15, and t 1e linkri39 1c latch 34 is disengaged from the catch 30 at the beginning of the backward 'movement of the link 39, the latch being turned on its pivot 35 tothe position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the bent part 38 of the latch makes contact with the type bar. The latch therefore constitutes a lost-motion connection between the actuating link 39 and the type bar, for during the movement of the latch onits pivot asdescribed, no motion is im arted to the type bar by the actuating link. Upon thearrival of the latch at the position shown in Fig. 2, the link 39 becomes operative through the latch to actuate the type bar by swinging it on its pivot 29 to its pr nting position, the latch then acting as a ever and revolving meanwhile on the axis of the type bar pivot, but being prevented from rotating on itsown pivot by thecontact of the part 38 of the latch with the type bar. The type action is restored to its normal osition by springs 9-and 42 and by gravity. hen the type bar reaches its normal posihanger, the latch, prior to its engagement with the catch 30, hearing against the curved edges 31 of the head of the hanger, if the return movement of the link 39 is quick enough to separate the part38 of the latch from the edge 33 of the recess 32 of the type bar. The latch then positively prevents the type bar from rebounding for it so locks the type bar that the latter cannot turn on its pivot until the latch is withdrawn from the catch latches like the latch ment of the link 39'is bar will be tion by the latch. It will piixilshed towards its normal posik 39 acting on it through the be seen, therefore, that the part 38 of the latch is operative on'the edge clear to' limit the movement of the latch on its pivot in op osite directions.

n'iovable locki and they afl'ord n additionto the special ad: vantages of this invention, allthe well known advantages which are derived from other ty e actions rovided with such hangers.

It will beoliaserved that the device or lever 34 aii'ords the'advantage of ,a lost-motion connection between the finger key and type bar and renders the action of .the ke very light at the beginning. of jthe stno e. Av

similar lever may'thereforebe used for this purpose alone, and when it is, 'of course, it

does not need to be provided with'the engage ing device36, 01? (it as described, to prevent it from rebounding. Certain features of, the invention may be used without-the; others and various changes may be made without, departing from the spirit ofmy invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure,

by; Letterslatent, is

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar, a'key actuated sub-lever.

a locking lever connected" with the sub-lever and operative to swing the t e. bar to its printing" position; and a" fixec catch with which the locking levei' en ages, said catch being on a part of the mac 'ne 'wh'ich is immovable by the action of said locking-lever on'the ty movable rom the catch before said lever acts to inip artmotionto the ty e bar.

2. n atypewritingmac ine', th e combination with a type bar, of a latch operative to engagea fixed catch, and key actuated-Inech- "an sni pivotally'secured tosaid latch, I

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a type bar, of a type bar. locking and actuating latch operative to engages, r .fixed catch, and key actuated mecha'nism pivotally secured to said latch,

4. Ina typewriting machine,.t 1ie ;combination with a ty e bar, of a .catchoperative to engage a etch, and a key-aetiiated link pivotally to said-latchzi a quick enough thetype porting vsegment, without disturbing the relations between the,

devices and fixed catches,-

er: means to ,eo-act with the fixed "counterpart in looking the type bar,

e bar, andsaid locking leverbein'gi 5. In a typewriting machine, the cOm-Bhia W tion with a typebar, ofa type bar locking and actuating lever operative to swing the type bar from its-normaldposition to its printing position with one en of the lever in con tact with the type bar a fixed catch with Y which the locking lever engages, a subleve'r st mentioned lever, and key for actuating said sub-lever. 6. In a typewriting machine, the combination withiatype bar of a ing lever ivoted on the type bar and opera-- tive to un ock the type bar-and to then swing" it to itsprinting position.-

' 7. In a typewriting'machine, the'conibination witha type bar, ofa key-actuated lockingzlever pivoted thereon, a link connected to Siild lever, and key-actuated means to first move said'lever from its locking position and to then cause said lever to swing the type bar to its printingposition.v

8. In a ty ewriting' machine, the combinakey-actuated lockivetally connected-to the otherencl of said means including a I tion of a pivoted tvpe' bar, a latch fixedly ivoted on the typebar, a fixed'catch for the atch, and actuating mechanism connected ,with the latch and I operative through the latch to actuate the type bar. 9. In a typewriting machine, the combination'of a pivoted t pe bar, .a latch fixedly pivotedon the type bar, a. fixed catch for. the latch, and an actuating link connected-withthe latch and operative through the latch to actuate the: type bar. 7 10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a pivoted type bar, a latch pivoted on the'type bar, a fixed catch for the latch,

and an actuating link pivotally secured to the latch. I Y

11. In a typewriting machine, the combinationof a pivoted typebar, a latch pivoted I on the type bar,pa rts-ofthe latch being on opposite sides of the type bar and thepivot o the latch extending t rough those parts, a fixed catch for the latch, and an actuating linkconnected with the latch.

12. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a pivoted type bar, a latch pivoted on the type bar and extendingon opposite sides thereof and having at one edge of the type bar a catch-engaging device and forming'at the other edge of the type bar a air of cars, a fixed catch to coact with t e enga device of the latch, and an actuating lin pivoted to and between said ears.

(13. .In a typewriting-;machine, type bar locking tion with acatc'h of a latch consistin of a sin le' strip of sheet metal bent para lelto" itsef and pivoted toits'support, the pivot extending through the support and into portions of the latch, on

opposite sides -of. the support; v. i

-14. In a typewriting machine, type bar locking-mechanism comprising a-latch conmechanism. comprising the combinasisting of a single strip of sheet metal bent parallel to itself, said latch extending on both sides of the type bar and being pivoted thereto.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a pivoted type bar, a latch consisting of a single strip of'shcet metal bent parallel to itself, said latch extending on opposite sides of the type bar and being pivoted thereto, and having at one edge of the type bar a catch-engaging device and forming at the other edge of the type bar a pair of ears, a

fixed catch to co-act with the engaging device of the latch, and an actuating link pivoted to and between said ears.

' 16. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a pivoted type bar, a latch pivoted on the type bar, means to arrest the movement of the latch on the axis of its pivot, a fixed catch for the latch, and actuating mechanism connected With the latch and operative through the latch to actuate the type bar.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a pivoted type bar, a latch pivoted on the type bar and including means operative on one edge of the type bar to limit the movement of the latch on its axis, a fixed catch for the latch, and actuating mechanism connected with the latch.

- means operative on one edge of the typebar to limit the movement of the latch on its axis, a fixed catch for the latch, and an actuating link pivoted to the latchland operative thereon to actuate the type bar.

20. In a ty pewriting machine, the combination of. a pivoted, type bar, a latch pivoted on the type bar and extending on both sides thereof, a part of the latch being operative on one edge of the type bar to limit the movement of the latch on its pivot, a fixed catch for the latch, and actuating mechanism connected with the latch.

-21. In'a typewriting -machine, the combination ofa pivoted type bar, a latch consisting of a single strip of sheet metal bent parallel to itself, said latch extending on both sides of the type bar and being pivoted there-.

to, and the bent part of the latch beingoperative on one edge of the type bar to limit the movement of the latch on its axis.. a-fixed catch for the latch, and actuating mechanism connected with the latch.

In a t pewriting machine, the combination of a pivoted type bar, a latch consisting of a single strip'of sheet metal bent, parallel to itself, said latch extending on both sides of the type bar and being pivoted thereto, and the bent part of the latch being operative on one edge of the type bar to limit the movement of the latch on its axis,

and said latch having next to said bent part a catch-engaging device and forming at the other edge of the type bar a pair of cars, a fixed catch to coact with the engaging-device of the latch, and an actuating link; pivoted to and between said ears.

23. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a detachable hanger, a type bar pivoted to said hanger, means to lock the type bar to the hanger, and mechanism p)perative to unlock and actuate the type 24. In a typewritin machine, the combination of a detachable hanger, a type bar pivoted to said hanger, means to lock the tyge bar to the hanger, and an actuating lln' operative to unlock and actuate the type bar.

25. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a detachable hanger, a type bar pivoted to said hanger, a catch on said han er, a locking device to engage said catc and an actuating link operative to Withdraw said locking device from the catch and actuate the type bar.

26. In a typewritin machine, the combination of a detachable hanger, a type bar pivoted to said hanger, a latch mounted on the type bar, a catch on the hanger for said the type bar, a catch on the hanger for said latch, and an actuating link connected with the latch and operative through the latch to actuate the type bar.

29. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a detachable. hanger, a type bar pivoted to said hanger, a latch pivoted on the type bar, a catch on the hanger for said latch, and an actuating link pivoted to the latch.

30. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a detachable hanger, a type bar pivoted to said hanger, a lateh pivoted on v a latch mounted on ot v catch on the hanger .forsaid'latch, and an bination of a. etachab pivoted to said hanger, a latch pivoted on 40' the bent part of the late one edge of the type bar to limit the movement of the latch on its axis, a catch on the sides t ereof and having at one edge of the tylpebar a catch engaging device and at the er edge of the type ban'a pair of ears, a

actuating link pivotedto and between said ears. I I

31. 'In a typewriting machine, the combination of a detachable hanger, a typebar 10. pivoted to said hanger, a latch consisting of a single strip of sheet metal bent parallel to itself, saidlatch extending on opposite sides of the type bar and having at one edge of the type bar a catch-engaging device and 15 at the other edge of thetype bar a pair of cars, a catchon the hanger for said latch, and an actuating link pivoted. to and between said ears; v

p 32'. In a ty ewriting machine, the comthe type bar, means to arrest the movement of the latch onthe axis of its pivot, a catch on the hanger for said latch, and an actuatmg device connected with the latch.

'. 33. In a ty ewritin machine, the com-. bination of a etach'ab e hanger, a type bar pivoted to said han er, a latch pivoted on the type bar and inc uding means operative on one edge of the type'bar to limit the movement-of the latch on its axis, a catch on the hanger for said latch, and an actuating device connected with the latch. p 34.,In a ty ewriting machine, the combination of a etachable hanger, a type'barl pivoted to said hanger, a latch consisting of a single strip of sheet metal bent parallel to itself, said latch extending .on both sides of the type bar and being pivoted thereto, and being operative on hanger for said latch, and an actuating de vice connected with the latch.

35. In a ty ewritin machine, the combination of a etachabI e hanger, a, type bar pivoted to said hanger, a latch consistin of a single strip ofv sheet metal bent aralle to itself, said latch extending on bot sides'gof the type bar and being ivoted thereto, and

the bentpart of the late being operative on 'one edge of the type bar to limit the movement of the latch on its axis, and said latch having next to said bent part a catch-ene hanger, a type bargaging device and forming at. the other ed e of the type bar a pair of ears, a catch on t e pivoted to and between said ears.

hanger for said latch, and an actuating link 36. In a typewriting machine, a typeaction including a ty e bar actuating link; a lever pivoted to said link and operative at one end. directly on the type bar and forming a lost-motion connection between the link and type bar.

action including a'lever pivoted on the type bar and o erative at one end immediately on the type er and forming a lost-motion connection betweenthe finger-key and type bar.

39. In a typewriting machine, a type action includin a lever pivoted on the-type bar and movab e at one end into and out of 38.. In a typewriting machine, a type i engagement with thetype bar at that end of v the lever.

40. In a typewriting machine, the combination-of a type bar, a key-actuated link,

and a lever permanently secured to the link and forminga lost-motion connection between the link and type bar.

41. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type. bar, a key-actuated link, anda lever permanently, secured atone end to the link. and operative at its other end on the type bar and forming a lost motion connection between the link and type bar.

42. In a typew'riting machine, the combination ofatype bar, a key-actuated-link, and a lever pivoted on the type bar and forming a lost-motion connection between the link and type bar.

'. 43. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar, a key actuated link, a fixed catch, and a locking lever permanently secured to the linkand operative on the type bar and having lost motion between said catch and the'type bar.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 23rd day of January A. D. 1904.

F NK A. YOUNG. 

